Exercising and massaging apparatus



May 14, 1929. DALEY 1,713,499

EXERCISING AND MASSAGING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 29, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 14, 1929. B DALEY 1,713,499

EXERCISING AND MASSAGING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 29, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES PRESTON B. DLLEY, OI cnnvmn D, OHIO.

EXEBCIBIIIG AID IASSAGIIIG APPAl-LTUB.

Application fled leptembcr 28, 1887. Serial Io. 288,813.

This invention relates to an exercising apparatus and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In machines or apparatus of this character heretofore used, a strap applicator has been employed and the parts and features of the machines have been so arranged and assembled as to impart to the strap applicator a rubbing or massaging movement. This has been brought about by drawing the strap longitudinally in opposite directions and inasmuch as the strap is applied to the parts of the body which are being treated, the movement has been in the form of a simple wiping or rubbing action.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means for im arting to the strap ap plicator the longitudinal movement hereinbefore referred to, and at the same time, to

impart to the strap applicator a rolling or circular movement, which causes the stra applicator to cling to the art being treate and more effectually and t oroughly massaging and exercising the said part.

With this object in view, the apparatus includes a stand having a shaft journaled thereon and means for rotating the shaft, there being disks mounted at the ends of the shaft and having upon their outer faces T-grooves. These grooves are disposed radially with relation to the shaft and lie beyond the opposite sides thereof. Studs are adjnsta ly mounted in the T-grooves and are provided with anti-friction bearings. The strap applicator is provided at its ends with tabs having slots adapted to engage the bearings and whereby the intermediate portions of the strap applicator may be applied to the part of the body which is being treated.

In the accompanying drawin s Figure 1 is a side elevation view of the exercising apparatus.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the tog part thereof.

igure 3 is a detailed sectional view of the upper portion thereof.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the 1inIe4-4of Figure 3. ta ed 1 l i re 5 is a ragmen ry ge e evationa view o f one of the disks.

Figure 6 is a. fragmentary side elevational view of an end portion of the strap applicator used in the apparatus.

The exercising apparatus corn rises a stand 1 having a motor 2 moan thereon with vertical standards 3 erected at one edge thereof. A head 4 is mounted at the upper ends of the standards and a shaft 5 is journaled in the said head. A pulley, or pulleys 6 are mounted at the intermediate portion of the shaft 5 and a belt 7 is trained around the pulley 6 and a pulley 8 mounted upon ashaft 9 ournaled upon the stand. A pulle 10 is also mounted upon the shaft 9 and a be t 11 is trained around the pulley 10 and a pulley 12 mounted upon the shaft of the motor 2.

Disks 13 are mounted at the ends of the shaft 5 and each disk is provided at its outer face with a radially disposed T-groove or slot 14. The slots 14 are radially disposed with relation to the shaft 5 and are disposed at op site sides thereof. Studs 15 are receive 1n the slots 14 and may be adjusted along the said slots. The said studs are externally threaded and nuts 16 are screwed upon the studs and are adapted to bear against the faces of the disks and hold the studs at adjusted position with relation to the disk and the shaft 5. Washers 17 are mounted upon diametrically reduced extensions 18 of the studs and are located adjacent the outer faces of the said nuts.

Anti-friction bearings 19 are mounted upon the extensions 18 adjacent the washers 1 and are held in place upon the said extensions by means of cone-shaped nuts 20 screwed upon the other end of the said extensions 18.

A strap a plicator 21 is provided at its ends with ta s 22, having key hole openings 23. The larger part of the openings 23 are of suflicient diameter to rmit the nuts 20 to pass therethrough and the smaller portions of the said 0 nings are adapted to snugly receive the arings 19. Thus the end portions of the strap applicator may be easily and quickly connected with the studs and disconnected therefrom.

In use, the strap apgliicator is passed,

around the part of the y which is to be treated and the motor is started. Through the belt and pulley rotary movement is transmitted' from the shaft of the motor to the shaft 5 and the disks are rotated. Inasmuch as the studs are located at the o posite sides of the shaft 5, and the stra app 'cator being connected directly to sai studs, the said strap ap licator receives a reciprocatory longitudina movement, and at the same time the ends of the strap applicator pass alternately above and below the axis of the shaft 5, and consequently, a rolling or circular movement is imparted to the intermediate portion of the strap, which has the effect of rubbing and massaging the parts transversely of the longitudinal movement of the strap applicator. Hence the parts receive a rolling or circular massaging movement, comparative to the human hand, which has the effect of more effectually massaging the part, and at the same time, stimulating circulation and exciting perspiration which brings about a general tightening and reduction in the dimensions of the parts being treated.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device. it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efiicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention, and while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed, is:

1. In an exercising apparatus, a shaft journaled for rotation, a disk mounted upon the shaft and having a radially disposed groove, a stud having a head received in said groove, said stud having end portions of different diameters and externally threaded, a nut screwed upon the inner threaded portion of the stud and adapted to bear againsttho side of the disk to hold the stud in fixed position with relation to the disk, a washer mounted at the intermediate portion of the stud, an anti-friction bearing mounted upon the stud adjacent the washer, a nut screwed upon the outer portion of the stud and adapted to hold the bearing against the washer and an applicator having a tab provided with an opening receiving the anti-friction bearing.

2. In an exercising apparatus of the class described, a rotatable shaft, disks carried at the ends thereof, studs radially adjustable on the outer faces of said disks, means for locking said studs in various adjusted positions, cone-shaped heads on to the ends of said studs and a strap applicator having key-hole slots adjacent the ends thereof applicable to said studs over the heads thereon the largest diameter of the key-hole slots being slightly less or substantially the same as the greatest diameter of the aforesaid cone-shaped heads over which the same are adapted to be forced.

3. In an exercising apparatus of the class described, a rotatable shaft, disks mounted on the ends of said shaft, radially adjustable studs carried on the outer faces of said disks, means for locking said studs in various adjusted positions with respect to the axis of said shaft. a partially threaded extension of reduced diameter formed on the outer end of each of said studs, a cone-shaped nut removably applied to the threaded end of said extension and a strap applicator having keyhole slots adjacent the ends thereof adapted to be applied over the cone-shaped nuts to be received on the unthreaded portion of said extensions for retention thereon between the nut and the portion of the stud of larger diameter, the largest diameter of the key-hole slotsbeing slightly less or substantially the same as the greatest diameter of the aforesaid cone-shaped nuts over which the same are adapted to be forced.

4. In an exercising apparatus of the class described, a rotatable member provided with an operating head, said head having a guideway extending outwardly from the shaft axis, and adjustable means carried by said head for attachment of an applicator thereto, comprising a stud provided with a member travelling in said guideway, an intermediate threaded portion and a button head on its outer end, a clamping nut adjustable on the threaded portion of said stud to engage the face of the operating head for clamping the stud in any adjusted position to said guideway, said stud having a recess between said nut and head to receive the applicator.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PRESTON B. DALEY. 

